impulse

1. Characterized by impulsiveness or acting on impulse: an impulse shopper; impulse buying.

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1. A motivating force or tendency: "Respect for the liberty of others is not a natural impulse in most men” ( Bertrand Russell).

2. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination: had an impulse to run away; an impulse of regret that made me hesitate; bought a hat on impulse.

3. An impelling force; an impetus.

4. Electronics A surge of electrical power in one direction.

5. Physics The product obtained by multiplying the average value of a force by the time during which it acts. The impulse equals the change in momentum produced by the force in this time interval.

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1. To give an impulse to.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
impulse	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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em	4
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li	2
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mu	4
pe	4
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si	2
um	4
up	4
us	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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use	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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spiel	7
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spume	9

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
impels	10
muesli	8
mulies	8
pileum	10
pileus	8
plumes	10
simple	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
impulse	11